On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 01:36:23PM +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> Here's my latest revision of some of the basics of the flow table.  So
> far it's basically just a renaming of the existing TCP connection
> table.  It's used for some new logging helpers, but otherwise doesn't
> really function any differently.
> 
> However, this subset of the flow table work no longer bloats
> flow/connection entries over a single cache line.  That removes the
> most prominent drawback of earlier revisions, meaning I think this
> series is ready for merge now.  Doing so will mean the later series
> making more substantive changes to the flow behaviour are simpler.

Since posting this, I've come up with some small revisions.  So,
please don't apply as is.  I'll respin once you review incorporating
both your feedback and the changes I already made.

> 
> David Gibson (6):
>   test: Make handling of shell prompts with escapes a little more
>     reliable
>   flow, tcp: Generalise connection types
>   flow, tcp: Move TCP connection table to unified flow table
>   flow, tcp: Consolidate flow pointer<->index helpers
>   flow: Make unified version of flow table compaction
>   flow, tcp: Add logging helpers for connection related messages
> 
>  Makefile      |  14 +--
>  flow.c        |  87 +++++++++++++++++++
>  flow.h        |  60 +++++++++++++
>  flow_table.h  |  45 ++++++++++
>  passt.h       |   3 +
>  tcp.c         | 232 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
>  tcp.h         |   5 --
>  tcp_conn.h    |  46 +++-------
>  tcp_splice.c  |  88 +++++++++----------
>  test/lib/term |   6 +-
>  10 files changed, 361 insertions(+), 225 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 flow.c
>  create mode 100644 flow.h
>  create mode 100644 flow_table.h
> 

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